Well this winter we were feeding at least 2 cats outside, but perhaps more. A couple of months ago one of them, I think I introduced him before, decided to become friends and we took him in. He is a handsome male that WAS an intact tom of about 1.5 years of age. We named our little tuxedo boy Floyd because he has such an easy going manner. Although sometimes he is more like Hurricane Floyd and when he wants a faucet turned on he is Pink Floyd. But most of the time he is our Pretty Boy Floyd the outlaw that stole our hearts. He is hard to get a good picture of but here is at least one.
But there was still another little cat out there that we were feeding. She was like a gray ghost. I thought for sure she was feral since you rarely saw her and if she saw you first she was gone. We called her White Tip since mostly what we saw was the white tip at the end of her tail. After we brought Floyd into the house White Tip decided perhaps she would allow us a longer look. She would hesitate slightly on the porch. It took a bit longer but suddenly she just walked up to my husband and rubbed against his legs while he was bringing her food instead of bolting for the rafters of the pole bar where she had been living since the beginning of winter. It didn't take much time for her to start to trust us more and more. It was at this time I was able to determine that White Tip was a female. She then showed up with a horrible injury to her side and the base of her tail looking like something tried to chew it off. It was still a couple of weeks before I could really handle her to even TRY to treat the injuries. At this time I also learned the "Rest of the Story" Our little former White Tip who we have since named Gumdrop is declawed. Yes people, this is someone's former pet who they dumped off in the mountains with the other strays, the coyote's and the bobcats and NO ARRRGGGH Claws. I was SOO upset. Some people should be strung up.
She has been tested and is negative and is getting antibiotics twice a day and is living in a cage in our kitchen. Unfortunately she is very frightened of the other cats, probably from being attacked. She probably even had encounters with Floyd while he was still a tom. So we are trying to find a home for our little Gumdrop but I thought I would introduce you all to her first.
Gumdrop
You can see the hair missing and some of the wounds
She is a tiny thing and HATES the cage but she is safe for now. We have her on a list at PAWS but with the huge amount of cats that the SPCA took in I am afraind we might have her for a while. So far the potential homes I had for her fell through.
Denyce
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12/02
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